School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9853 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9853 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
128th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9853 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7417 GPIA
in 1975
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia is 0.9853 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia peaked at 0.9853 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7417 GPIA, in 1975.
SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia ranks 128th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7555 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.753 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.7517 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.7477 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 0.7475 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.7417 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 0.7441 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.7466 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.7458 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.7487 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.7501 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.7562 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.7619 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.7698 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.7738 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.7774 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7809 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.7846 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.7911 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.7975 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.8081 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8164 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8276 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.8325 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.8327 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.845 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.8486 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.8544 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.8647 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8745 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8797 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.8813 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8827 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8887 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9018 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.9218 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9304 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9351 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9423 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9497 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9488 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9517 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9527 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9578 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9613 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9642 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9654 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9627 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.972 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9725 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9756 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9758 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9803 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.984 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9853 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7482 GPIA | 0.7417 GPIA | 0.7555 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7743 GPIA | 0.7501 GPIA | 0.7975 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8405 GPIA | 0.8081 GPIA | 0.8745 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9114 GPIA | 0.8797 GPIA | 0.9497 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9609 GPIA | 0.9488 GPIA | 0.9725 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9802 GPIA | 0.9756 GPIA | 0.9853 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
More education data for SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 32.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.2663 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.45 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 61.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5703 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7875 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 26.40 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia was 0.9853 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9853 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7417 GPIA in 1975.
- How does SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia ranks 128th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release